Synonyms of the word glean


GLEANCOLLECT - GARNER - GATHER - HARVEST - REAP

glean

  • v. To collect (grain, grapes, etc.) left behind after the main harvest or gathering.
  • v. To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard).
  • v. To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit.
  • v. To frugally accumulate resources from low-yield contexts.
  • n. A collection made by gleaning.
  • n. (obsolete) cleaning; afterbirth.

collect

  • v. (transitive) To gather together; amass.
  • v. (transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.
  • v. (transitive) To accumulate a number of similar or related (objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.
  • v. (transitive, now rare) To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.).
  • v. (intransitive, often with on or against) To collect payments.
  • v. (intransitive) To come together in a group or mass.
  • v. (intransitive) To collect objects as a hobby.
  • v. (transitive) To infer; to conclude.
  • adj. To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.
  • adv. With payment due from the recipient.
  • n. (Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook,…

garner

  • n. A granary; a store of grain.
  • n. An accumulation, supply, store, or hoard of something.
  • v. To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.
  • v. To gather, amass, hoard, as if harvesting grain.
  • v. (often figuratively) To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire by some effort or due to some fact; to…
  • v. (rare) To gather or become gathered; to accumulate or become accumulated; to become stored.

gather

  • v. To collect; normally separate things.
  • v. To bring parts of a whole closer.
  • v. To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.
  • v. (intransitive, medicine, of a boil or sore) To be filled with pus.
  • v. (glassblowing) To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.
  • v. To gain; to win.
  • n. A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.
  • n. The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
  • n. The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather (transitive verb).
  • n. (glassblowing) A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.

harvest

  • n. (Britain dialectal) The third season of the year; autumn; fall.
  • n. The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
  • n. The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
  • n. The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.
  • n. (by extension) The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.
  • n. (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.
  • v. (transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
  • v. (intransitive) To be occupied bringing in a harvest.
  • v. (transitive) To win, achieve a gain.

reap

  • v. (transitive) To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.
  • v. (transitive) to gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
  • v. (transitive)To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
  • v. (transitive, computer science) To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To deprive of the beard; to shave.
  • n. A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.

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